Occult
An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy
£1,890
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
Being an Interpretation of the Secret Teachings concealed within the Rituals, Allegories and Mysteries of all Ages, by Manly P. Hall. The Illustrations in Color by J. Augustus Knapp. San Francisco: printed for Manly P. Hall by H. S. Crocker Company, 1928. Theosophical edition, one of 200 copies, large folio. original half vellum, patterned paper sides, 51 colour plates including frontispiece (‘plate' facing p. 161 comprising 4 plates, all but one printed on both sides), 2 plates folding, one with tissue-guard, pagination in roman numerals printed in blue to head of each page, decorative initials partly in orange, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, slipcase, spine-label chipped, wear to foot of spine and to fore edges of boards, title-page slightly marked, short tears to fore margins of front free endpaper, initial blank and plate facing p. 29, folding plate facing p. 145 with mild creasing, slipcase worn